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paul gauguin in the south seas - jimmy webb lyrics

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gauguin, tired of the climate in paris
so critically bleak
and his wife and companions
who thought he was nothing
but an artistic freak
a most unhappy man

gauguin, slept without fire in the winter
and dreamed about eve
and the garden of eden
until he was sure
there was nothing left to leave
until nothing was pleasing
and nothing made sense anymore
so he took the train down to m-rs-illes
and went searching for

paradise
it’s just a little further on
paradise
you know they never miss you till you’re gone
i’ve got no more pearls to throw to swine
i cannot turn this water into wine
this bitter cup you offer me does not suffice
i’m gonna go down and look for paradise

gauguin, got off the boat in tahiti
with a cargo of freight
and the thieves and the hookers
were out there to greet him
he was a hundred years too late
but he knew he couldn’t stay
something was whispering his name
so he sailed without looking back
and went searching for

paradise
it’s just a little further on
paradise
you know they never miss you till you’re gone
i’ve got no more time for fools like you
i’ve got no more fingers for the turning of the screw
i could use some money
but i don’t need your advice
i’m gonna keep searching for paradise
’cause i wanna paint pictures of paradise

and he went out past moorea
to the island of the moon
out beyond maupiti
where there was no lagoon
till there were no more islands
no further places
till at last he found the highlands
of the desolate marquesas
gauguin…

he finished his days
with his paints and his brushes
unconquered and savage
his canvas ablaze
with visions of heaven
he was never at home in the world
but i guess we’re all that way
we’re searching for

paradise
it’s just a little further on
paradise
you know they never miss you till you’re gone
how much more of this madness can we take?
why can’t they leave a man alone
for heaven’s sake?
the reason so few are chosen
is ’cause few will pay the price

so you gotta keep searching for paradise
and you gotta paint pictures of paradise
you gotta lose yourself to find paradise
paradise…
paradise…

- jimmy webb lyrics

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